Skate attachment.



E. FORDICE.

SKATE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION man mm, 1914. RENEWED FEB. 15.1915.

1,141,454. Patented June 1, 1915.

THE. NORRIS PETERS CO., PHOTO LITHQ. WASHINGTON. Dv C.

nn'rrnn srarns rarnnr neuron EDWIN FOR-DICE, OF FAIRBURY, NEBRASKA.

SKATE ATTACHMENT.

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Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed April 1, 1914, Serial No. 828,774.; Renewed February15, 1915. Serial No. 8,347.

To all cvhom'z't may concern:

Be 1t known that I, EDWIN FoRDIon, citi-.

zen of the United States, residing at Fairbury, in the county ofJelferson and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Skate Attachments, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in ankle brace attachments forskates, and has for one of its objects to improve the construction andincrease the efliciency and utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a simply constructeddevice which may be attached to a skate andautomatically adjustable tothe ankle of the wearer and flexibly coupled to the skate to adapt it tothe movement of the skate, and the movements between the ankle joint andthe skate.

With these and other objects in View the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described andthen specifically pointed out in the claims.

The improved device may be applied to various forms of skates, and it isnot desired therefore to limit the invention in this respect, but forthe purpose of illustration the improved device is shown applied to aconventional skate, and in the drawings- Figure 1 is a side elevation ofa skate with the improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective view of the improved device.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

The improved device may be attached to various forms of skates andrequires no change in the skate except to form an aperture through therunner 10 at the rear, preferably beneath the heelplate or clamp 11. Theimproved device is formed in two portions, a lower portion representedconventionally at 13, and an upper portion represented conventionally at14. The lower portion 13 of the improved device is formed with athreaded terminal 15 extending through the aperture of the runner 10 andprovided with nuts 16-17 bearing upon opposite sides of the runner andby means of which the member 13 is firmly clamped in position formovement laterally, while at the same time will rotate freely in therunner. The lower portion 13 is preferably circular or in rod-like formand is curved forwardly and thence upwardly to pass around the heelclamp plate 11, and is flattened at its upper portion as represented at18. The member 14 is preferably in the form of a flat bar and forked atits lower end, as represented at 19, to engage over the flattenedportion 18 of the lower member and pivoted thereto as shown at 19.

By forming the member 13 to curve forwardly the joint 19-19 will belocated directly opposite the ankle joint of the wearer and thus preventcramping or straining of the parts when in use. By this means a joint isproduced between the two members which permits movement in alinementwith the longitudinal plane of the runner, but is prevented from lateralor twisting movement.

Attached to the member 14 near its forked end 19 is a relatively widestrap device 20 adapted to engage around the ankle of the wearer, andlikewise provided with a strap device 21 near its upper end adapted topass around the calf of the leg of the wearer. The member 14: is thusfirmly coupled to the leg of the wearer, while the ankle joint is leftfree to move relative to the skate by reason of the swiveled member 13.

The improved device will preferably be attached to the outer sides ofthe runners of the skates, and will therefore be formed in rights andlofts.

The members 13-14: will be preferably formed of steel as light aspossible consistent with the strains to which they are subjected, andwhen not in use will fold into substantially parallel relation to therunner.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An attachment for skates comprising a lower member having oneterminal extending at right angles thereto and adapted to be pivotallyengaged through a skate runner, the right-angled extension beingdirected forwardly and thence upwardly, an upper member pivotally unitedto the lower member, a band connected to the upper member and adapted toengage around the ankle portion of the wearer of the skate, and a bandadapted to be engaged around the leg portion of the wearer of the skate.

2. An attachment for skates comprising a lower member having oneterminal extending at right angles thereto and thence directed forwardlyand upwardly and flattened at its upper end, said right-angled theskate; and a band adapted tobe engaged portion adapted to be pivotallyengaged around the leg portion of theskate; 0 through a skate runner, anupper member In testimony whereof I'aflix my signature forked at itslower end to engage over the in presence-of two Witnesses. I

flattened portion ofthe lower member and EDWIN FORDICE. [L.S.] pivotallyunited thereto, a band connected Witnesses:

to the upper member and adapted to engage J. MONROE DAVIS,

around the ankle portion of the wearer of J. ELBERT TOMERY.

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